S. 4862: A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.

S. 4862 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Before this bill, federal crop insurance programs generally did not count land left unplanted due to a lack of irrigation water as eligible for prevented planting payments, which compensate farmers when natural disasters stop them from planting. Under this… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.